|
|
63%
|
Extract (2009) |
"
Mr. Judge has done better, more pointed work before, notably in the cult-favorite workplace comedy Office Space."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Sep 3, 2009
|
|
|
6%
|
All About Steve (2009) |
"
A head-banging excuse for a comedy."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Sep 3, 2009
|
|
|
83%
|
The September Issue (2009) |
"
The September Issue is old news, all the more so given the recent recession-driven transformation of the magazine landscape."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 28, 2009
|
|
|
49%
|
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"
Taking Woodstock is hardly a bad trip; just a very inconsequential one."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 28, 2009
|
|
|
7%
|
Post Grad (2009) |
"
Post Grad delivers a murky message about love, work, family and Eskimo Pies."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 21, 2009
|
|
|
58%
|
Art & Copy (2009) |
"
It all sounds rather grandiose, but it's hardly a surprising view from folks accustomed to thinking big."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 21, 2009
|
|
|
88%
|
Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
"
All the trademark Tarantino flourishes are here -- the joyous splaying of gore; the self-referential dialogue; the artful artificiality and the juxtaposition of humor and violence -- but they don't add up to much."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 21, 2009
|
|
|
91%
|
District 9 (2009) |
"
There's a wonderfully sly, farcical verve to these early moments, but it dissipates when the script, with its strains of E.T. and The Fly, moves into high sci-fi gear."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 14, 2009
|
|
|
37%
|
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) |
"
The movie moves at such an agonizingly stately pace that by the end, side effects be damned, Henry's time-traveling gene starts to look mighty appealing."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 14, 2009
|
|
|
94%
|
In the Loop (2009) |
"
In the Loop is a confusingly plotted satire -- plan on being out of the loop -- that starts off at such a frantic pace and at so high a pitch that it really doesn't have anywhere to go."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 24, 2009
|
|
|
30%
|
The Answer Man (Arlen Faber) (2009) |
"
Its crackly sarcasm and smart talk turn out to be simply coating for a soft, icky, center."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 24, 2009
|
|
|
13%
|
The Ugly Truth (2009) |
"
The Ugly Truth wants to have it both ways, reveling in a misogyny it claims to deplore."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 24, 2009
|
|
|
62%
|
Traitor (2008) |
"
Promising premise devolves into a by-the-numbers espionage thriller."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 29, 2008
|
|
|
41%
|
The House Bunny (2008) |
"
House Bunny's Legally Blonde roots show."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 22, 2008
|
|
|
19%
|
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) |
"
Visually busy and visually forgettable, with a less than engaging story line, and characters who look like anime figures and move like the denizens of Geppetto's workshop, Wars will appeal only to the most tolerant, galactically minded children."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 15, 2008
|
|
|
47%
|
My Blueberry Nights (2007) |
"
Alternately precious and vapid, the movie attempts to wrest metaphors from a jar of house keys, and eternal verities from pastry. Slice the pie how you will, it's still half-baked."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Apr 4, 2008
|
|
|
25%
|
Sex and Death 101 (2007) |
"
Neither particularly dark nor even remotely funny."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Apr 4, 2008
|
|
|
52%
|
Leatherheads (2008) |
"
There's a jaunty score by Randy Newman, and Clooney, as always, has charm to burn, but here, he's off his game."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Apr 4, 2008
|
|
|
35%
|
21 (2008) |
"
A none-too-winning blend of the unsettling and the unsurprising."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Mar 28, 2008
|
|
|
64%
|
Stop Loss (2008) |
"
Swamped by clichés, continuity problems, stock characters and very good intentions."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Mar 28, 2008
|
|
|
41%
|
Dedication (2007) |
"
You can see where all this is going -- author meets illustrator, crazy person meets sane person, withholding person meets giving person -- but there isn't one interesting thing about the journey."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 24, 2007
|
|
|
33%
|
The Nanny Diaries (2007) |
"
A clever, satiric novel turned dull-witted movie."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 24, 2007
|
|
|
58%
|
Resurrecting the Champ (2007) |
"
The movie itself -- which deals (not very interestingly) with the issue of journalistic integrity and (very predictably) with father-son relationships -- doesn't pack much of a wallop."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 24, 2007
|
|
|
20%
|
The Invasion (2007) |
"
Except for one terrifically adroit sequence in a subway, there is nothing understated about The Invasion."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 16, 2007
|
|
|
61%
|
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"
'Wrong' is the operative word with Death at a Funeral, which in the first very funny 30 minutes shows its hand and then, unfortunately, continues to wave that hand frantically for the next hour."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 16, 2007
|
|
|
57%
|
Becoming Jane (2007) |
"
Austen comes off here more as stenographer than writer."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 9, 2007
|
|
|
19%
|
Rush Hour 3 (2007) |
"
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker have been through a lot together... Are they tired? Perhaps not, but their antics and action sequences certainly are."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 9, 2007
|
|
|
82%
|
Talk to Me (2007) |
"
Its dialogue, equal parts uptight honky and jumping jive seems, particularly in the early stretches, to have been generated by a computer."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 27, 2007
|
|
|
61%
|
Arctic Tale (2007) |
"
Makes the mistake of anthropomorphizing its subjects and substitutes pallid whimsy for reportage."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 26, 2007
|
|
|
41%
|
No Reservations (2007) |
"
It would have been nice to have some heat in the kitchen."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 26, 2007
|
|
|
75%
|
Sunshine (2007) |
"
Who cares? The characters are so sketchily drawn that it's hard to keep them straight, let alone get worked up about their survival."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 20, 2007
|
|
|
14%
|
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007) |
"
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry manages to insult gays, straights, men, women, children, African-Americans, Asians, pastors, mailmen, insurance adjusters, firemen, doctors -- and fans of show music. That's championship stuff."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 20, 2007
|
|
|
57%
|
Interview (2007) |
"
Pierre is such a weasel, Katya is such a narcissist and the outcome seems so pre-determined, it's hard to care whose belt gets the notch. The adroit performances of Buscemi and Miller almost make it matter."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 13, 2007
|
|
|
78%
|
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"
Director David Yates, who is new to the Potter franchise, moves the story along briskly, at the expense of texture and nuance."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 13, 2007
|
|
|
52%
|
Introducing the Dwights (2007) |
"
[An] awkwardly fused comedy-drama."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 5, 2007
|
|
|
7%
|
License to Wed (2007) |
"
The inert License to Wed shambles along one lame scene after another."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 5, 2007
|
|
|
0%
|
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004) |
"
Ghastly."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jan 5, 2007
|
|
|
69%
|
Babel (2006) |
"
The ultimate poor judgment: the decision to put Babel before the camera. That defies comprehension in any language."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Oct 26, 2006
|
|
|
30%
|
Running With Scissors (2006) |
"
The laughter elicited by Running with Scissors tends to be of the embarrassed sort, the impact of its neglected child horror story blunted. Blame it on the movie's high-camp gloss; it trivializes what is far from trivial."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Oct 19, 2006
|
|
|
55%
|
Marie Antoinette (2006) |
"
Marie Antoinette, which was shot at Versailles, looks absolutely sumptuous, but is, ultimately as substantial as a bonbon."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Oct 19, 2006
|
|
|
40%
|
Beerfest (2006) |
"
Ok, so maybe you don't absolutely have to have a Y chromosome and be 14 years old (or have the mind of a 14-year-old) to appreciate the freshmanic humor that is Beerfest. But, oh, does it help."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 25, 2006
|
|
|
48%
|
Idlewild (2006) |
"
Shakespeare has been quoted many, many times over the past 400 or so years, but never to such empty purpose as in the inchoate, self-indulgent musical drama Idlewild"
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 25, 2006
|
|
|
74%
|
The Illusionist (2006) |
"
The ludicrous climax, full of run-that-by-me-again flashbacks delivered at Keystone-cop speed -- oh, if only he could make that disappear."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 21, 2006
|
|
|
36%
|
Accepted (2006) |
"
Go right ahead and skip this one at the Cineplex. You've got my word: It won't be on the final."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 18, 2006
|
|
|
87%
|
Amreeka (2009) |
"
Most important, Mr. Dabis knows that home -- what a fraught place! -- is, in equal measures, where the hurt is and where the heart is."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Sep 3, 2009
|
|
|
68%
|
My One and Only (2009) |
"
Despite some clichéd set-pieces, the unassuming My One and Only keeps its balance and momentum."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 21, 2009
|
|
|
92%
|
Ponyo (2009) |
"
If the plot of Ponyo is small as a minnow, its themes -- the relationship between parent and child, between the young and the elderly, between friends, between man and nature -- are large and fully realized."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 14, 2009
|
|
|
100%
|
Ballet Shoes (2008) |
"
[A] pleasant if uninspired adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's children's classic."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 29, 2008
|
|
|
96%
|
Trouble the Water (2008) |
"
Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal have fashioned a deeply moving story of resilience and redemption."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 29, 2008
|
|
|
62%
|
Hamlet 2 (2008) |
"
Not since Death of a Salesman has failure been quite so entertaining."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 22, 2008
|
62%
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